phpbb to 3.0.8 issues

[blinking8s]

I figure I am just a retard, but i complete the import modules, nothing fails, no errors...go to look at the vbulletin forum, nothing is different...log into the admin, all the users and data are there, checked the cache and thats not it, go look at the database and the info is there...

*scratches head*

[Vexiphne]

go to maintanence in your admincp and update counters

[blinking8s]

i did that already....no luck. The data seems there, but its not displaying at all. Could the permissions from the phpbb settings just have transfered and been whack?

its weird, cause if i run a search i can find stuff, but on the forum index nothing is present, and in the members list only the admin is present, no one else, but the data for all the memembers is in the database.

[Vexiphne]

Oh!

go to usergroups and delete "Imported Users" it will automatically put them in the registered users group

[blinking8s]

thanks, that worked, but now to figure out why NONE of the forum data is visible

[Vexiphne]

im not sure.. after running all the update counters info my threads started showing ;(

[blinking8s]

humph...im pretty darn stumped. I might just wipe out the db and try the whole test run again

[Zachery]

Have you tried reading the impex howto ? http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116398

[blinking8s]

Im going through that now actually, I'll post back soon with my retardedness! lol...

[Zachery]

Make sure to pay special attention to the end game comments.

[blinking8s]

well, turns out there was a table in the database that was messing something up, so i wiped it out, then tried again and everything worked for the most part, although i associated myself with the admin id 1 slot in vb and now i hae "imported_blinking8s" and blinking8s, and none of the permissions or anything transfered over, just a lot of tweaking.

How can i set myself as admin on the import but leave out the imported_blinking8s?

[blinking8s]

so I guess here is the part I canno figure out. On the phpbb board i am member id 23, i took over the project a while back and now I am the admin, the original crew is long gone. Now on the fresh install I am id 1, and I told it to associate 1 with id 23 from the phpbb board, leaving me as the admin for vbulletin, but it takes my id 23 and leaves it as "imported_blinking8s" and I am guessing I did something incorrect?

[Zachery]

In your do_not_upload folder of the vBulletin zip file, there is a php file called tools.php

Upload this file to your admincp directory, and then browse to it (yourwebsite.com/forum/admincp/tools.php) use it to restore your user accounts admin access.

Then remove tools.php ASAP!

[blinking8s]

so i should retry the import and not associat my phpbb id with the admin id 1? then run tools to give my phpbb id once imported admin access on vbulletin?

i have admin access, it just left the account i setup vbulletin with and the left my phpbb id, only renaming it "imported_blinking8s"

[blinking8s]

well, i merged the accounts and that took care of that after a rebuild. Now to get the mods to test it out and see if everything works. I sort of miss phpbb's permissions system, just not used to vbulletins I guess.

[blinking8s]

I have one forum section that has threads missing, if I search for them, they are present...also two are listed in the stats, so I KNOW they are there...but when you go to the forum section, they are missing. I cannot figure it out...I updated the counters twice tonight and no luck

[Steve Machol]

In the Forum Manager set the Default View Age to 'Show All Threads'.

Admin CP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Manager -> Edit Forum -> Default View Age -> Show All Threads

Or to update them all at once, run this query (assuming no table prefix is being used):

UPDATE forum SET daysprune=-1;

After running that query, update the forum counters:

Admin CP -> Import & Maintenance -> Update Counters -> Rebuild Forum Information

[blinking8s]

thanks that worked...

newly discovered issue, user titles, all say the defined user title in regular markup the "administrator" in bold under them...i dont know where the bold title comes from but their permissions are not set to administrator

[Steve Machol]

Check each Usergroup for User Titles and HTML Markup.

[blinking8s]

nope...nothing there

it apears the user rank system is WHACK now...

[Steve Machol]

Fill out a support ticket at:

http://members.vbulletin.com/membersupport_contactform.php

Be sure to include the login info to your Admin CP, phpMyAdmin and FTP. Please also include a complete description of the problem.

[blinking8s]

well, it appeared to be an odd error from the phpbb database switching over and things were just in the wrong place, so i cleared out the user titles and user ranks then reset them, but im confused as to which is proper to use for the one line under the user names, ranks or titles?

anyways...another error i noticed is the smiles are pretty messed up, its breaking tables since the images didnt copy over. Would it be best to try to reimport the smiles from phpbb or to reset them to the vbulletin default smiles system? If so, how can i reset the smiles? or do i have to change this manually?